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I
dunno about the -1 in the call. Here's a line from the release
doc:
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new method in <FONT
color=#ffffff>Quotations collection for faster <FONT
color=#ffffff>retrieval of
quoteslong <FONT
color=#ffffff>Retrieve( long Count, Variant *Date, Variant *Open, Variant
*High, Variant *Low, Variant *Close, Variant *Volume, Variant *OpenInt );
I
seems to be a count - maybe of the number of quotes you want where -1 is
"All". You might experiment with it - and maybe try to use a small number
just if that will get you the most recent ones.
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As to
your real time questions - I don't have the real time version so I can't help.
What I'd suggest is a lot of experimentation. AND if you do find anything please
report back so that the rest of us pioneers can avoid a few
arrows.
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The
CSTR thing was mentioned by TJ to me:
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As for this CStr(): the real reason for such strange
behaviour is that Stocks.Item( ticker) accepts VARIANT
as a TICKER. This is so to allow the user to reference
ticker by both number and symbol.
As you probably know Variant can hold any type.
AmiBroker does the following:
struct StockInfo * AStocks::FindStockInfoByVariant(const
VARIANT &Item){ struct StockInfo *si = NULL;
if (Item.vt ==
VT_BSTR)
{ si = FindStock( CString(
Item.bstrVal ) ) ; }
else { //
coerce to VT_I4 VARIANT va
; VariantInit( &va
); if
(SUCCEEDED(VariantChangeType( &va, (VARIANT FAR*)&Item, 0, VT_I4
)))
{ si =
StockInfoFromIndex( (int)va.lVal
); }
}
return si;}
- it checks if variant is of string type (VT_BSTR) and then
treats it as a symbol,
otherwise it tries to coerce it to the 32bit integer index
(this is because numbers passed in variant
may be floats R4, real R8, short, long integers,
etc).
Strangely enough if you do not use explicit conversion VB puts
some strange variant (I didn't checked it yet it is)
instead of simple string as anyone may think.
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<FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Gordon
[mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003
1:24 PMTo: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [amibroker]
Re: Accessing RT QuotesAwesome. Thanks. I read the
documentation and missed retrieve -- I didn't scroll down and see it among
the new features. Thanks.I take it -1 tells it to go the vendor as
opposed to fetch a cached quote? Also, if you happen to know, can one
safely assume that a RT quote (in this case from eSignal) is the bid/ask
for the underlying, since we don't have a bar necessarily? Or does
AmiBroker, assuming the base interval of your database is 1 min., give you
the current OHLC, etc., of the most current 1 min. bar? I think this is
important, especially since pre-market you have OTC stocks for which
there are no pre-market quotes, and others where the most recent
activity of any kind may have been several minutes ago. BTW, you
have a very subtle and important nuance in your code that I only
discovered last night about 1AM -- that's using CStr
in:AB.stocks(CStr(strTicker))...I was coding,
andAB.stocks("AAII") was working for me, but:Ticker =
"AAII"AB.stocks(Ticker)...was not. Finally I tried CStr, and it
worked. Definitely something to highlight in the code example for others
who might run into the same thing.Gordon --- In
amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dingo" <dingo@xxxx> wrote:>
Gordon,> > I use the following to get quotes - extremely
fast. As to how to be> certain you've got the latest - maybe
check the time?> > lngQteCount =
_>
AB.stocks(CStr(strTicker)).quotations.Retrieve(-1, varDate,
_>
varOpen, varHigh, varLow, varClose, varVolume, varOpenInt)>
> Lemme know if you find out anything.> > d>
> -----Original Message-----> From: Gordon
[mailto:amibroker@xxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:11
PM> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [amibroker]
Accessing RT Quotes> > > I got AB configured for use with
eSignal, and yes, AB manages the > number of active symbols so that you
can stay within your limit. Very > cool. I've written a routine to
loop through a list of 1,000+ symbols > looking for pre-market
gaps. I load each stock using the stocks > collection, and then access
the last quote in the quotations > collection. Easy enough.>
> What I am not sure of -- does AB refresh the quotations collection
> when you load the stock? Just to be safe, I've been opening the
stock > in AB and waiting app. 2.5 seconds to allow AB to contact
eSignal and > refresh that stock. However, I've run into problems
-- after looping > successfully through a number of stocks, I
suddenly got an error > indicating the an object was not set. The AB
screen had also been > modified -- the moveable toolbars were
rearranged and the MACD window > had been closed. So, this does not
look like a good approach.> > The only method I see to
apparently update the quotes is refreshall> () -- is there a way to
load a single stock, and be sure you have the > latest RT quote for
that stock without opening it in AB > programatically? Any insights
appreciated! > > Thanks,> > Gordon>
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